Manatee Graveyard Found in Brevard as Mammals Die at Alarming Rate PUBLISHED 4:54 PM ET Mar. 12, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:54 PM EST Mar. 12, 2021 SHARE BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A morbid find on the banks of a Brevard County spoil island, and now an alarming number of dead manatees is a call for action. What You Need To Know Manatees are dying at an alarming rate due to starvation The remains of several manatees have been found on the shore north of Manatee Cove Park FWC says a record 200 manatees have died in the lagoon this year "I've never seen anything like this, I don't think anyone has, this is a die off nobody has ever seen before," says Phil Stasik of the KSC Barracudas Dive Team.